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Wheat stem maggot

Meromyza americana Fitch, 1856

Status not recordedinsects

The wheat stem maggot (Meromyza americana) is a species in the family Chloropidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the wheat stem maggot

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the wheat stem maggot live?

Not recorded

Is the wheat stem maggot endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the wheat stem maggot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyChloropidae
  6. genusMeromyza
  7. SpeciesMeromyza americana Fitch, 1856
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • mouche des tiges du bléFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wheat stem maggot

Other species in the same genus Meromyza.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the wheat stem maggot?

The wheat stem maggot (Meromyza americana) belongs to the family Chloropidae in the order Diptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Wheat stem maggot (Meromyza americana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheat-stem-maggot

MLA

“Wheat stem maggot (Meromyza americana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheat-stem-maggot.

BibTeX
@misc{wheat_stem_maggot_2026,
  title = {Wheat stem maggot (Meromyza americana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheat-stem-maggot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}